Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I completely reject the premise of Senator Ayres' question. How absolutely ridiculous. The Prime Minister, our government and, I would have hoped, the entire parliament here in Canberra has had one focus for the last 18 months: assisting Australians to get through this global pandemic together; making sure we encourage people to get vaccinated, even with AstraZeneca—we've got a chief medical officer in Queensland who can't even say the word 'AstraZeneca'—where there is no vaccination shortage, if you're going to choose that particular vaccination; and working with states and territories. We've got millions of Australians right now in lockdown and they're not able to get to work. It is our government that is actually supporting them with individual disaster payments should they lose hours of work. It is our government, in partnership with both Liberal and Labor state governments, that is supporting those small businesses who are subject to lockdown. (Time expired)